Tenth Series Complete @ 4:16 PM

Ninth Series – Recap

The Ninth Series – a Land Triple with Two Retired, a Flyer and an Honor – at Palmetto Field moved very swiftly and all the dogs did well. It began at 7:16 am and finished at 8:51 am for a total of 1 hour, 35 minutes - our quickest test yet.

There was only one handle and three no birds. All dogs were called back to the Tenth Series for the grand finale.

Bye Dog 8:51 AM – Test 9 Complete

The bye dog came to the line at 8:51 am. The Ninth Series is complete.

42. Rerun – FC Jimaviche's Hollandaise Jammer, "Jammer" BLM, Kenny Trott

Jammer came to the line again at 8:47 am.

Flyer - Very nice up the middle. Sharp left and on it.

Short retired - Came in on left of trees. Jumped into cover and got it.

Right retired - Beautiful mark.

64. FC Fine Lines Sympathy For The Devil, "Jagger" BLM, Rick Stawski

Jagger came to the line at 8:40 am.

Flyer - Very good mark on Jagger's long flyer.

Short retired - Came into fall area just skimming the timber. Easily turned in for the bird.

Right retired - Very nice bird.

61. FC Trumarc's Gratuity, "Tippy" BLF, Danny Farmer

Tippy came to the line at 8:37 am.

Flyer - Out to area in front of guns. Two turns and got it.

Short retired - Under arc and a few quick turns by the blind. Then out to the trees and her bird.

Right retired - Came in to the fall area and scooped it up.

51. FC-AFC Holland Cliffs Play It Again, "Luke" BLM, Alvin Hatcher

Luke came to the line at 8:29 am.

Flyer - A quick left when she arrived at the area and on to the bird.

Short retired - Into the area under the arc. A right turn through the brush and on the bird.

Right retired - Pulled slightly left as he drove the hill to area of fall. Made a couple loops just deep of gunners and got it.

42. No Bird – FC Jimaviche's Hollandaise Jammer, "Jammer" BLM, Kenny Trott

Jammer came to the line at 8:28 am and did not get his flyer.

33. FC Heartbeat's Sweet Georgia Peach, "Peaches" BLF, Andrew Curtis

Peaches came to the line at 8:24 am.

Flyer - Excellent mark!

Short retired - Straight to the trees. Turned right for her bird.

Right retired - Came in just left of the trees for a quick turn. Went up toward the blind for a tight turn, then out to the bird.

44. FC-AFC Tucked Away At River's Edge, "Tucker" BLM, Alex Abraham

Tucker came to the line at 8:18 am.

Flyer - He knew where it was.

Short retired - Held his line to the trees and deflected left for a bit. He turned and jumped in the cover for the bird.

Right retired - A couple of loops deep of retired guns and worked over to bird.

32. FC West Bay's Jolly Roger, "Jack" BLM, Tony Flowers

Jack came to the line at 8:14 am.

Flyer - Stepped on it.

Short retired - Jack ran just a few strides beyond the cluster of trees with the bird. He quickly turned and got it.

Right retired - Very nice line and mark.

26. FC-AFC Seaside's Smarty Jones, "Smarty" BLF, Kenny Trott

Smarty came to the line at 8:10 am.

Flyer - Long bird. Smack.

Short retired - Came in close to the blind. Turned right and scooped it up.

Right retired - Wide left. Skimmed the blind. Turned right and straight to bird.

25. Beaver Runs Raymond For Sheriff QA2, "Raymond" BLM, Andrew Curtis

Raymond came to the line at 8:05 am.

Flyer - Wide left going out. Had to circle back right to get his bird.

Short retired - Came by the trees tight on the left. One short loop deep and quickly back to the trees to his bird.

Right retired - Skimmed the trees up to the brush and his bird.

23. FC Yippee Kai Yea McBunn, "Kai" BLF, Dave Smith

Kai came to the line at 8:00 am.

Flyer - Kai climbed the hill, turned to the left and had the bird.

Short retired - Her line took her close to the gunners. She began a hunt pattern deep and left of the gunner station. She finally expanded the area to find the bird.

Right retired - Lovely line to the bird.

24. FC Ellsd's Going On A Trip Grab Ur Camo, "Camo" YLM, Jim Beck

Camo came to the line at 7:53 am.

Flyer - Under the arc. Turned back left and got it.

Short retired - Came in left of trees. Turned away from the bird deep left. Hunted his way back to trees and bird.

Right retired - Went out wide left but curved in under the arc. With a few tight turns had his bird.

1. Rerun – FC-AFC Rimfires Once Inna Blue Moon, "Blue" BLM, Al Arthur

Blue came to the line again at 7:50 am.

Flyer - Tight loops in the fall area and got it.

Short retired - Straight to the trees. Tight hunt in the brush.

Right retired - Nice line out tight to trees. Straight to area and bird.

73. Rerun – FC-AFC Midnight Trains Texas Ranger, "Deets" BLM, Chris Ledford

Deets came to the line again at 7:44 am.

Flyer - Deets took a couple of turns to locate his flyer at the base of the trees.

Short retired - He came in wide left of the bird and under the arc. He turned left, then corrected right and moved in to his bird.

Right retired - Went up the far hill and into the tall grasses. He turned left then back right to the bird.

16. FC-AFC Hockley Creek's Switch Hitter, "Mickey” BLM, Robby Bickley

Mickey came to the line at 7:39 am.

Flyer - Mickey made a couple of turns and had his bird.

Short retired - Around the trees and through the brush. He got the bird.

Right retired - He adjusted his line from the trees and went into the cover for his bird.

9. Handle – FC-AFC Beaver Runs Zig Zag Zeke, "Zeke" BLM, Andrew Curtis

Zeke came to the line at 7:34 am.

Flyer - Came in under the arc. Made a right turn, then a quick turn deep. Back left and out to his bird.

Short retired - He came in just in front of the blind. Looped to the right over to the bird.

Right retired - Went right of the tree line and up into the brush. He was handled back to the bird.

5. FC-AFC Drake's Bay Izzy, "Izzy" BLF, Dave Smith

Izzy came to the line at 7:29 am.

Flyer - Izzy went out to the fall area, made a few quick turns and got it.

Short retired - Under the arc, then turned left for a deep loop before returning to the trees for his bird.

Right retired - He took a line between the blind and trees. Turned right into the brush for his bird.